Big crowd for the Defend Assange event this eveningpic.twitter.com/ihvBY9LhGo
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@Lowkey0nline opens the talks: "Julian Assange is not being punished for anything he has done wrong. He is being punished for everything he has done right"pic.twitter.com/NsO8XKxqG2
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Fidel Narvaez accuses Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno of commuting 'a crime' in giving up a political refugee to a country persecuting thempic.twitter.com/7m0r6tpNiO
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Lisa Longstaff of Women Against Rape: "women's fury and frustration at seeing rapists go free almost every time is being manipulated for government purposes"pic.twitter.com/D47JKkkyd0
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Standing ovation for UN special rapporteur on torture
@NilsMelzer. He speaks on press freedom: "why am I so passionate about this case? Because this is about all of us - it is about our future" Read my interview with for@TheCanaryUK here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thecanary.co/feature/2019/06/06/un-torture-expert-says-assanges-persecution-very-similar-to-historic-witch-hunts-in-exclusive-interview/amp/ …pic.twitter.com/aRXSm52bg0
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Clinical psychologist
@LissaKJohnson: "You cannot treat a torture victim while continuing to torture them"pic.twitter.com/Gl7IDXOB92
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Former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray: "The British government has lost its international credibility... We live in a state that has become a rogue state"pic.twitter.com/XAzwJVN1To
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UK historian
@markcurtis30 shouts out@DerbyChrisW for his outspoken support for Assange followed by brief standing ovation:pic.twitter.com/k4jHzYw6l4Show this thread -
Historian
@markcurtis30: "This whole case comes down to something very simple: are you on the side of those revealing crimes or on the side of those committing them?"pic.twitter.com/E7b1ADw3bu
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Journalist John Pilger saw Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison this morning. He says: "Julia's intellect, resilience, and sense of humour are, I think, protecting him. But for how long, I don't know"pic.twitter.com/Dgf5xMP93C
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John Pilger continues: "On 12 December there will be an election. There has been no mention whatsoever during the campaign of the journalidt in Belmarsh prison who is Britain's political prisoner". He adds the Guardian and the NYT are "co-conspirators" in Assange's perdecutionpic.twitter.com/hsESXD8mcZ
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Pilger: "If Labour are elected and
@HackneyAbbott is Home Secretary, she will have the power to grant asylum to Julian Assange"pic.twitter.com/jA0LpjI3KV
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